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Madison County
Mississippi

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Madison County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Camden Kirwood Cemetery Canton Canton Cemetery Ridgeland Parkway Memorial Cemetery Private or family graveyard Madison County, Mississippi Kirwood Cemetery Camden, Madison County, Mississippi Politicians buried here:   William McWillie (1795-1869) — of Camden, Kershaw County, S.C.; Madison County, Miss. Born in Camden, Kershaw District (now Kershaw County), S.C., November 17, 1795. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of South Carolina state senate, 1836-40; U.S. Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1849-51; defeated, 1850; Governor of Mississippi, 1857-59. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Slaveowner. Died in Camden, Madison County, Miss., March 3, 1869 (age 73 years, 106 days). Interment at Kirwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Catherine Anderson; father of Margaret McWillie (who married Solomon Saladin Calhoon).   Political family: Calhoon-McWillie family of Mississippi and Kentucky.   Cross-reference: S. S. Calhoon   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial Canton Cemetery Canton, Madison County, Mississippi Politicians buried here:   Otho Robards Singleton (1814-1889) — also known as Otho R. Singleton — of Canton, Madison County, Miss. Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky., October 14, 1814. Democrat. Member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1846; member of Mississippi state senate, 1848; candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi; U.S. Representative from Mississippi, 1853-55, 1857-61, 1875-87 (3rd District 1853-55, 4th District 1857-61, 1875-83, 5th District 1883-87); served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., January 11, 1889 (age 74 years, 89 days). Interment at Canton Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Parkway Memorial Cemetery Ridgeland, Madison County, Mississippi Politicians buried here:   Daniel Kirkwood Fordice Jr. (1934-2004) — also known as Kirk Fordice — of Vicksburg, Warren County, Miss. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., February 10, 1934. Republican. Governor of Mississippi, 1992-2000. Methodist. Died, of leukemia, in Jackson, Hinds County, Miss., September 7, 2004 (age 70 years, 210 days). Interment at Parkway Memorial Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Patricia 'Pat' Owens.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier

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